Elastic fabric



Pofeotod Moy 16, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT oF E- ThiS invention re1ofeS to o foshioned, f1ot knitted elastic fobric 11Se(1' for the Production of StockingS or the 1ike.

It iS the rlInar obiect of the invention' to provi(1e o Stooklng oI' the like hoving on iInproved seaIn, So thot the lotter vvi11 offe1' a IIininlun1 of inconvenienoe to the vveofer. 1A. furthef obieot iS to provide oJ SeoIn vvhich vi11 not be unSight1y in aPpeoTonce.

()ther obiects and odvontoges obtoinod vi11 becoIne ap orent os the deScri tion proceedS.

In the c8Se of f1tknitted elaStio stookingS of t11e kind in queStion it haS hitllerto been uSual to onite the edgeS of tho faShioned fobrio to forn1 the coInPlete Stocking by Sevving the saIne together by hand of by Ineans of o Inohine. 1A1ong the edgeS to be con nected the rubber of elaStic theodS re tnrned over and taken fron1 one 1ov to the next, thuS fofn1ing Snla11 1ooPS, vvh ioh oTe of irfegular Size. Thisirrego1o ity iS porticu18r ly noticeable along the edges of the faSh ioned )ortion, vvhere the sole is gfeatly in creoSed in conSequenoe of the nrrovving oI the Widening of the fobric. In the metho(1 of conneotion hitherto odopted it haS been necesSafy by nleanS of Sevving to drovv the oontacting edgeS tightly together foI the I)I1I, PoSe of prodncing 3 Proper Seom. In con Sequence of thiS, 11ovveveI, the long looPS vere forced tovvordS the 1 1Side or ontSide of the Stocking, oonSing the Sean1 to oSSun1e n un Sightly and irregnlorly thickoned form, not o11y cousing diSooInfort to the vveorer by reoSon of the preSSure, but o1So being elev8ted tovaTdS the outSide so oS to be con S icnouS belovv the ordinory si1k of other Stocking vofn over the saIne.

It haS olfeady been roposed to oen fho SeIn o1et on the outSide b SeWing o topo of other soitable strip of f1at Inaterlo1 over the contocting edgeS. Since thiS Stri hovveve1', iS neceSSorlly conlpoSed of a fabI'ic, tho

SoIne iS natllra1ly quite conS )icnouS aS con1- )ofed vith tho knitted Stooking. ond iS readily viSible t11()ugh t11e ordinory Stocking vvorn thereover. 1e ond this the l1Se of the Stri 01' ta e oauSeS t e end 1oo to be foroed to a greober degreefovvofdS the lnSlde, vvh1ch togetheT.

1930, seri 1 1. 90,040, an in Ge! n 31, 1930.

obviouSly incTeoSoS the disooInfort fo tho Weoref. Acoo!ding novv to the preSent invention, tho drovvbockS feferfed to in the obove oro overooIne b the foct thot the edgeS of the foshioned otknitted fobrio to be oonnected 8 e envelo ed by o stri of Inoterio1 frInly SeWn thereto bv stitoheS token ooroSs the ooInlete Strip, vvBereu on tho enveloped edges ore looed odiocent to e8ch other and sevvn In thiS monnef a, complete1y Smooth nd f1at SeoIn is obtoine(1 vvhich, on occount of the overedge Stitching eInp1oye(1, hoS Practico1ly the opPeoronce of fhe knitte(1 ortlon ond doeS not (1iffe1 oo ony Inorked degree.

. Tho invention vvi11 novv be described vvith referenoe to the .occoni onying drovving, Which inustrotes o ossible form of ombodiment by Woy of exomple.

`ig. 1is a genero1 vievv of ol Stooking in cluding the SeaIn.

Eig. 2 iS o front vieW of poff of the Seom on enlarged Soole. 4 ig, 3 iS o section through the Sen1 8ccofd ing to the 1ine 33 in Efg. 2.

11efe ring noW to tho droWing, ioned e1Stio stooking, vvhich is Inore )oftiol1- lorly intended for nse by thoSe oH1iote(1 With voriooSe veinS, eto., conlpfiSes of f1ot knitte(1 portion 10,

vvhichoonS1sts of Tovvs of texfi1e thfeodS 9 and Tubber Shoot threods 8 drvvn through the IneShes of the fobTic. Tho edgeS 11 of the f1t knitted portion roverSing StitoheS 7 of the rubber S11oot threodS 8, aS ShoWn in Eiguro 3. The ot 1nitte(1 ortion 10 is to be oonnected olong itS tWo edgeS 11.

o1 this Purpose triI)s of II1oJferi1 12 o1'o plooed oveI the edgeS 11 ond SeouTed in posi tion by overe(1ge StitoheS 13, vvhioh oo!ef the striP over its vv11()le vvidt11. In this Inonner the edgeS ofe mode completely ot ond SInooth. The SoIne ore then loid together, So thot they exaotly oontct, ond ore theTe 11 )on unite(1 by theStitching 14;.

In ig. 3 the Single portS 11, 12, 13 ond 1 hove, fof the sake of olority, been shovvn oS that in reality this eZaggerted thicknesS does I1ot exiSt. l

The Inethod of oonnection deSoribe(l iI1 the above iS not only ap licable to the seaIn t the back of the leg but may also be em loyed in coninnction vvith the foot Seam 15.

It vvill be obviouS thot reStriofiOn iS Inade t0 the S )ecific forln of enbodiInent de- Scribed, and thot variouS InodiHcationS are quite poSSiblo vvithin the Ineaning of the bOve ond the annoxed claiIn vvithout departing fron1 the S )irit of the invention. Tvhat I cloim aS neW and deSire t0 Secnre by Ietters 1 atent is= S an article of n1annfacture, an elaStic fabric carr ing rubber Sho0tthreadS dTaWn through its InesheS and havingedges contain ing the reverSing StitcheS of said Tubber Sho0tthreadS, and n envelo ing sfri of a tiSSne-fabric oovefing eoh one of Said edgeS nd eonnected vvith Said elaStic fabric by overedge StitcheS totaIly eInbracing said Stri each pair of djacent edges being in 2LblItting re13tion vith reS ect to eLch otller nd being interconnected by Zigzg Stitching.

In testimony Whereof I hve aHixed my Si gnHtnre.

Mx BAUMGARTBL. 

